Guide to
MS 140
R. E. Thomason Papers
Span Dates, 1863-1978
Bulk Dates, 1915-1963
18 feet, 11 inches (linear)
Biography by Anne Allis
Processed by Laura Hollingsed
May 2003
Donated by Robert Ewing Thomason, 1967.
Citation: R. E. Thomason Papers, 1863-1978, MS 140, C. L. Sonnichsen
Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department
University of Texas at El Paso
Table of Contents
Images
Biography
Series Descriptions
Scope and Contents
Provenance
Restrictions
Notes to Researcher
Container List
Images
Thomason and Friends at UT Law School, 1900
Thomason and family, 1952
Thomason at El Paso law office, 1920
Thomason as House Speaker, Texas Legislature, 1920
Campaign for Texas Governor, 1920
Campaign for El Paso Mayor, 1927
Thomason as El Paso Mayor, 1931
Thomason and Charles Lindbergh, 1927
Thomason and Charles Lindbergh, 1927
Dedication of El Paso Airport, 1928
Campaign for Congress, 1930
Roosevelt All-Party Rally, c. 1937
Texas Delegation to Congress, 1938
Campaign Advertisement, 1946
“Wins Respect in Capital,” 1947
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1939
Inspection Trip, c. 1940s
Inspection Trip, c. 1940s
Thomason at Ft. Bliss, c. 1940s
National Defense Speech, 1941
U. S. Army Letter of Appreciation, 1953
Selective Service Bill, 1940
Briefing by Eisenhower, 1945
Joint Congressional Group Visit to Germany, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Thomason Chosen for Federal Court, 1947
Oath as Federal Judge, 1947
Thomason, Sam Rayburn, and Pres. Truman, 1948
Thomason Ends Segregation in Texas, 1955
“Cleancut Texas Justice,” 1955
Jencks Case
Lovebirds Case
Airplane Hijacking Case
Torch Slayer Case
Babb Cattle Rustling Case
Billie Sol Estes Case, 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Thomason and Mayor Raymond Telles of El Paso, 1959
Judge Thomason, 1960
“A Gentleman Retires,” 1963
“Thomason Reached Greatness,” 1973
Biography
Robert Ewing Thomason was a lawyer and former Mayor of El Paso. He
also served in the Texas House of Representatives, the United States
Congress, and as Federal Judge of the Western District of Texas. Born in
Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee in 1879, Thomason moved to Era,
Texas (15 miles southwest of Gainesville) with his parents when he was
little over a year old. Thomason’s mother, Susan Olivia (Hoover)
Thomason, died in 1886 when R.E. was six years old, and his father,
Benjamin Richard, wed Mary Maupin in 1887. From this marriage R.E.
gained four siblings, Beth, Ben, Margaret and Milton. Thomason’s father
was a medical doctor by profession.
Thomason attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and
received a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He opened
his first law practice in Gainesville, Texas, where he ran for and won the
office of County and District Attorney in 1902, which he held for two terms.
Thomason married Belle Davis in 1905, and entered into a law partnership
with his father-in-law, W.O. Davis, in 1906.
In 1911 Thomason fell ill with malarial fever and spent some months in an
El Paso sanitarium, after which he and Belle permanently relocated to El
Paso for the drier climate. Their son William Ewing was born in 1913,
followed by daughter Isabelle in 1916.
Thomason established a law firm in El Paso with partners Tom Lea, J.G.
McGrady, and Eugene T. Edwards. He was elected to the Texas
Legislature in 1917, and was voted House Speaker in 1919. In 1920
Thomason made an unsuccessful bid for Governor, and after his defeat
returned to El Paso to rejoin his law firm. Thomason’s wife Belle died in
1921.
In 1927 Thomason was elected Mayor of El Paso, and won a second term
in 1929. Many civic improvements were undertaken during his tenure as
Mayor, particularly the establishment of the El Paso Municipal Airport. He
married Abbie Mann Long in 1927.
Thomason served as United States Congressman from the 16th District of
Texas from 1931-1947, distinguishing himself in the Committee on Military
Affairs, to which he eventually rose to Vice Chairman. While on the
committee Thomason was able to affect an enormous expansion of Ft.
Bliss, construction of Biggs Air Field, and the enlargement of William
Beaumont General Hospital. Prior to WWII Thomason pushed hard for
military preparedness and played a crucial role in the adoption of a
selective service. Under his stewardship the committee secured funds for
the development of the atomic bomb, and after the war Thomason was
appointed ranking member on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. In
1945 Thomason was part of an inspection team composed of members
from the House and Senate and American newspapermen sent to
investigate war atrocities in Nazi death camps. He also authored the bill
establishing Big Bend National Park.
Thomason left Congress in 1947 when he was appointed Judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, a position he
held until 1963, when he assumed senior status at the age of 84. He died
in 1973.
Series Description or Arrangement
The R. E. Thomason Papers are arranged in five series:
Series I. Personal and Biographical
Arranged in five sub-series—Personal, Honors and Awards,
Correspondence, Financial Material, and Other Material. The sub-series,
Personal, is filed by subject or topic. Honors and Awards are in
chronological order and by subject. Correspondence is arranged
chronologically or by topic. Financial Material is filed by subject and then
chronologically. Other Material is arranged in order by topic.
Series II. Career
Arranged in five sub-series—Legal Career, Campaign for Texas Governor,
Mayor of El Paso, U. S. Congress, and Federal Judge. Material in each
sub-series is arranged by topic and date.
Series III. Photographs
Arranged in six sub-series—Portraits of R. E. Thomason, El Paso and
Vicinity, Individuals, Groups, Inspection Tours, and Other Military
photographs. Individual portraits are filed alphabetically by the person’s
surname; and photographs of groups, events and activities are filed
chronologically by date.
Series IV. Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks are arranged chronologically by date.
Series V. Roy Lassetter Court Reporting Papers
Arranged in three sub-series—Correspondence, Transcriptions of Court
Cases, and Other Material. Correspondence is arranged chronologically by
date, and Court Cases are arranged by subject.
Scope and Content Notes
The R. E. Thomason Papers, 1863-1978, consist of personal and
professional correspondence, documents, records, awards, scrapbooks,
photographs and newspaper clippings gathered during his long legal and
political career. Elections material from his political campaigns for Governor
of Texas, Mayor of El Paso, and U.S. Congress is included. Judge
Thomason’s correspondence of the early 1930s reflects the dire situation of
El Paso and other west Texas cities and towns during the Depression
years. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept throughout his years in
political office show his many activities as a representative of the people of
El Paso, Texas, and the nation. The collection contains photographs of
prominent government and military officials, especially from World War II,
along with photographs of Thomason’s inspection trips to military posts and
installations as a member of the House of Representatives’ Committee on
Military Affairs. His trip to Europe with other government officials to view the
conditions of the Concentration Camps in Germany at the end of the war is
documented in photographs, official reports, and newspaper clippings. In
his unpublished book, Noted Cases I Have Tried, Thomason related some
of the most famous cases he tried while serving as a Federal Judge. The
papers of Roy Lassetter, Court Reporter in Federal Courts in West Texas
from 1922-1925, are also part of the collection. The bulk of the material in
the R. E. Thomason Papers is from his years in Congress and his activities
as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs.
Series I, Personal and Biographical, contains personal correspondence
and documents; award certificates and plaques; banking, tax and insurance
material, and papers from his real estate investments. A Bible used during
an early election at Magoffinsville, El Paso County, Texas, and R. E.
Thomason’s desk name plate are in this series.
The second series, Career, includes papers relating to Thomason’s legal
and political career. His professional correspondence, elections and
Democratic Party materials, Congressional voting records, and speeches
are included. The various documents and clippings related to Thomason’s
service on the House of Representative’s Committee on Military Affairs and
to his many inspection trips to military posts and installations in the United
States and abroad are located in this series. The most significant papers
are those related to his trip to Germany near the end of World War II to
witness the atrocities found in the Concentration Camps. An unbound copy
of his unpublished book, Noted Cases I Have Tried, is included in this
series and relates his most famous cases as a Federal Judge.
R. E. Thomason’s collection of Photographs, in Series III, consists of
individual portraits of him, his colleagues in Congress and military officers.
Photographs of prominent persons such as President Lyndon Baines
Johnson, President Harry Truman, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, Gen. John J. Pershing, and members of Congress and
the Federal Courts are included. Photographs of groups and events in this
series reflect his long career of public service in the Texas Legislature,
Mayor of El Paso, Member of Congress, and Federal Judge.
The twelve Scrapbooks in Series IV, filled with newspaper clippings,
correspondence, photographs, and notes chronicle R. E. Thomason’s
unsuccessful campaign for Texas Governor in 1918-1919, his years in
Congress from 1931-1947, and his later years as Federal District Judge in
El Paso, Texas. One scrapbook includes reports and photographs of a
Congressional inspection tour to Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Another scrapbook
covers the Texas gubernatorial race, and five books reflect his sixteen
years as a member of Congress. The last five scrapbooks cover his years
as a Federal Judge. One book involves the Jencks and Matusow
Communist Trials of 1954-1955.
The last series, Series V, Roy Lassetter Court Reporting Papers, were
collected by Judge Thomason. These papers include court reporter and
clerk Roy Lassetter’s correspondence, billing documents, and transcripts of
court cases for Texas from about 1922-1930.
Provenance Statement
R. E. Thomason donated his papers to the C. L. Sonnichsen Special
Collections Department of the University of Texas at El Paso Library in
1967. The original accession number was 744.
Restrictions
No access restrictions.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish material from the R. E. Thomason Papers, 18631978, MS 140, must be obtained from the C. L. Sonnichsen Special
Collections Department, the University of Texas at El Paso Library. Citation
should read, R. E. Thomason Papers, MS 140, C. L. Sonnichsen Special
Collections Department, the University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Notes to the Researcher
Some of the R. E. Thomason Papers are fragile and brittle. Please handle
with care. Photocopying of materials in poor condition might be restricted.
Photographs and documents with original inscriptions and signatures by
prominent persons, as well as newspaper clippings, have been removed
and photocopied. Signed documents and photographs are stored
separately.
Researchers should see also:
The Joseph Ray Papers, MS 148, C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections
Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Fernandez, Justo Ramon II. Robert Ewing Thomason’s Encounter with Nazi
Germany: The Impact on the Life of an American Politician, 1917-1963.
Unpublished History Seminar Paper No. 310, 2000. C. L. Sonnichsen
Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Thomason, Robert Ewing. Thomason: The Autobiography of a Federal
Judge. Edited and annotated by Joseph M. Ray. El Paso: Texas Western
Press, 1971.
Thomason, Robert Ewing papers on microfilm, MF 460, The University of
Texas at El Paso Library
Container List
Series I. Personal and Biographical
Box #
1
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Folder #
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2
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3
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Vault
Vault
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6
Map
Drawer
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15
Title
Personal--Biographical material
Personal—Certificates of Church
membership for Thomason Family,
First Presbyterian Church, El Paso,
Texas
Personal--“Order for the Solemnization
of Marriage”
Personal--In Memoriam: Hon. Robert
Ewing Thomason
Personal--United States of America
Passports – Robert Ewing Thomason
Honors and Awards – City of El Paso
Outstanding Citizen Award plaque
Honors and Awards – City of El Paso
Conquistador Award certificates
Honors and Awards—El Paso County
Historical Society Hall of Honor
certificate; framed
Honors and Awards—City of El
Paso—“For his many years of service
to El Paso, especially when as mayor
on September 8, 1928, he established
and dedicated a municipal airport for
the City of El Paso;” framed
Honors and Awards –Boy Scouts of
America
Honors and Awards –“Tributes to
Robert Ewing Thomason by Members
of U.S. House of Representatives”
(2 copies)
Honors and Awards – Appointment as
U.S. District Judge, framed certificate
signed by President Harry Truman,
with Department of Justice seal
Honors and Awards – Veterans of
Foreign Wars Citation of Merit Award
plaque
Honors and Awards – El Paso Board
Date
1941-1978
1915-1925
1927
1973
1924, 1931
1919-1959
1961, 1963
1963
c. early 1970s
1938
1947
1947
1955
1955
11
2
1
7
1
8
1
9
1
1
10
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
11
15
3
1
1
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18
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19
2
1
2
2
2
3
11
4
of Realtors Outstanding Citizen Award
plaque
Honors and Awards – Texas Senate
Resolution No. 419
Honors and Awards –Various award
certificates
Correspondence—John R. Hughes,
Captain, The Old Texas Rangers
Correspondence regarding Bible used
at election at Magoffinsville, El Paso
Co., Texas
Correspondence—Various
Correspondence—Invitation to
barbecue at Hillsboro, Texas
Correspondence—Invitation to
Inauguration of President Harry
Truman
Financial Material –State National
Bank of El Paso, statements and
cancelled checks
Financial Material–State and county
tax notices, receipts, and
correspondence
Financial Material–U. S. Tax Returns
Financial Material– Social Security,
Employer’s Tax Return
Financial Material—Insurance receipts
Financial Material--Donations to
charities, correspondence
Financial Material--Real estate,
Isabelle Apartments, 717 North
Stanton, El Paso, Texas, accounts
Financial Material--Real estate,
Isabelle Apts.; various statements,
receipts and correspondence
Financial Material--Real estate,
Isabelle Apts., plumbing receipts,
warranties, and correspondence
Financial Material--Real Estate –
Various correspondence
Other Material--Alcalde, University of
Texas Alumni Magazine, 3 issues
Other Material--“In the Early Days of
1955
1933-1967
1942
1863, 1947
1927-1945
1936
1949
1945-1946
1933-1944
1937-1939
1937-1944
1939-1941
1941-1943
1941-1946
1940-1946
1936-1946
1936
1968-1969
1914
11
5
13
1
13
2
Denton and Cooke Counties,”
newspaper clipping
Other Material—Various newspaper
clippings
Other Material—Holy Bible, with
inscription, used at early election at
Magoffinsville, El Paso County, Texas
Other Material—R. E. Thomason’s
desk name plate
1947-1978
1863
1932-1963
Series II. Career
2
4
2
5
11
6
2
6
11
7
Map
1
Drawer
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2
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2
10
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2
12
Legal Career –Edward Dorsey vs.
Lawrence Gardner, 41st Judicial
District, El Paso County, Texas: Oral
Answers and Depositions of R.A.
Nooke and H. Eichwald
Campaign for Texas Governor –
Election material, newspaper clippings
Campaign for Texas Governor –
Election material, newspaper clippings
Mayor of El Paso –Election material,
newspaper clippings and other
material
Mayor of El Paso – Election material,
newspaper clippings
Mayor of El Paso – Election material,
newspaper clippings and campaign
advertisements
Mayor of El Paso –“Bon Voyage: The
American Mayors’ Visit to
France,1931”
U.S. Congress –Incoming General
Correspondence
U.S. Congress –Incoming General
Correspondence
U.S. Congress –Outgoing General
Correspondence
U.S. Congress –Correspondence with
Prominent Officials
U.S. Congress—Correspondence from
Pres. Harry Truman
1923
1920
1920
1927
1927
1927
1936
1932-1936
1936-1947
1933-1947
1933-1942
1948
2
13
2
14
2
15
2
16
2
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2
18
2
19
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
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3
5
3
6
3
7
3
8
3
9
3
10
U.S. Congress –Correspondence from
Tom Lea, Sr.
U.S. Congress –Incoming
correspondence from R.E. Sherman,
Mayor of El Paso
U.S. Congress –Outgoing
correspondence to R.E. Sherman,
Mayor of El Paso
U.S. Congress –Agriculture,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Big Bend National
Park, correspondence and clippings
U.S. Congress –Highways and roads,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Immigration
Inspectors, correspondence
U.S. Congress –International
Boundary Commission,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Midland Geological
Society, correspondence
U.S. Congress –Pink Boll Worm,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Postmaster
Appointments to various Texas Post
Offices, correspondence
U.S. Congress –El Paso Postmaster
Appointment, R. Del Richey,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –El Paso Postmaster
Appointment, Mrs. A.F. Quisenberry,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –El Paso Postmaster
Appointment, William J. Moran,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –El Paso Postmaster
Appointment, Milton L. Burleson,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Public Works
Construction Programs at Ft. Bliss, El
Paso Federal Court House, and Rio
Grande Rectification Projects
U.S. Congress –Red Bluff Dam
1942
1932-1945
1932-1945
1933-1936
1946
1933-1936
1933
1933-1936
1933
1933
1933
1932-1933
1933
1933
1934, 1937-1938
1933
1933
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11
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Project, Pecos River, incoming
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Red Bluff Dam
Project, Pecos River, outgoing
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Selective Service
System, correspondence
U.S. Congress –Texas Cattle Relief,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –Veterans,
correspondence
U.S. Congress –U.S. Military,
correspondence and
recommendations for commissions
and other actions
U.S. Congress –Contractor Projects,
correspondence and
recommendations
U.S. Congress –Requests for jobs and
assistance, incoming correspondence
U.S. Congress –Requests for jobs and
assistance, outgoing correspondence
U.S. Congress –Job recommendations
and correspondence
U.S. Congress –Loan
recommendations and
correspondence
U.S. Congress—Sample of R. E.
Thomason’s stationery, House of
Representatives
U.S. Congress—Notebook of lists of
political supporters (?) from Texas
Counties
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Congressional
campaign against Dan Jackson,
correspondence
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, correspondence
and newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
1933
1943
1933-1936
1933-1944
1933-1943
1933-1936
1933-1947
1933
1933-1936
1933
1932-1947
1932-1947
1932
1936-1946
1942
1942
4
4
11
9
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5
4
6
11
10
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11
16
2
Map
2
Drawer
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Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, return receipts for
applications for Democratic Primary
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, correspondence
and clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, campaign
advertisements and newspaper
clippings
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
of campaign advertisements and
election results
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, newspaper clippings
of campaign advertisements and
election results
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, various election
material
U.S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Certificates of
Election, State of Texas
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, campaign
expenses, cancelled checks
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Thomason ReElection Club
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Political Calendar
for Texas Democratic Primary and
General Election
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Texas Democratic
1944
1944
1944
1946
1946
1946
1942-1946
1942-1946
1945-1946
1944, 1946
1946
1932-1946
1946
1933
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Map
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National Committee, correspondence
U. S. Congress—Elections and
Democratic Party, Democratic National
Committee for Texas, correspondence
U.S. Congress –Elections and
Democratic Party, Democratic National
Committee, correspondence
U.S. Congress –Elections and
Democratic Party, The Democratic
Congressional Register
(2 copies)
U.S. Congress –Elections and
Democratic Party, The Democratic
Digest, eulogies to Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
U.S. Congress –Elections and
Democratic Party, “Statistics of the
Presidential and Congressional
Election of Nov. 7 1944,” pamphlet
U.S. Congress –Elections and
Democratic Party, clippings concerning
Congressional race to succeed R.E.
Thomason
U.S. Congress – Elections and
Democratic Party, Rep. J. T.
Rutherford, various material
U.S. Congress – Elections and
Democratic Party, Rep. J. T.
Rutherford, newsletter
U.S. Congress – Elections and
Democratic Party, Rep. J. T.
Rutherford, clippings
U.S. Congress – Elections and
Democratic Party, Rep. J. T.
Rutherford, “Your Guide to
Washington, D. C.,” brochure
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
Record by Roll Calls, U.S. House of
Representatives, 72nd Congress
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
Record by Roll Calls, U.S. House of
Representatives, 73rd Congress
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
1933-1945
1933-1945
1937
June 1945
1944
May 1947
1954-1963
1955
1954-1960
1954
1931-1933
1933-1934
1935-1936
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Drawer
Record by Roll Calls, U.S. House of
Representatives 74th Congress
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
Record by Roll Calls – U.S. House of
Representatives, 75th Congress
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
Record by Roll Calls –U.S House of
Representatives, 76th Congress
U.S. Congress –Individual Voting
Record by Roll Calls –U.S House of
Representatives, 77th Congress
U.S. Congress –Legislative Record on
Measures of Interest to Labor by Roll
Call Votes
U.S. Congress – “Roll-Call of Labor’s
Enemies,” American Federation of
Labor broadside
U.S. Congress –Legislative Acts, Bills,
and Resolutions, various
Congressional Joint Resolutions and
Bills
U.S. Congress – Legislative Acts, Bills,
and Resolutions, “Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940: Comparative
Print Showing S. 4164 and the House
Amendment,” from Conference
Committee on Selective Service Act;
with signatures by some congressmen
U.S. Congress –Speeches, “National
Defense, “ by R.E. Thomason at West
Texas Chamber of Commerce, Mineral
Wells, Texas (3 copies)
U.S. Congress –Speeches,
“Assistance to Veterans and Their
Dependents,” by R.E. Thomason
U.S. Congress –Speeches, notes for
speech by R.E. Thomason, at El Paso
U.S. Congress –Speeches, loose
clippings from Congressional Record
U.S. Congress –Speeches, loose
clippings from Congressional Record
U.S. Congress – Speeches,
Congressional Record, by Hon. Wright
1937-1938
1939-1940
1940-1941
1932-1941
1943
1955-1959
1940
5-16-1941
9-21-1944
1932-1947
1941-1943
1945
1943
W9
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12
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Patman
U.S. Congress – Speeches, by Louis
A. Fail, Candidate for Congress
U.S. Congress – Speeches, by James
A. Farley, Postmaster General
U.S. Congress – Speeches,
“Statement by the Honorable Robert
P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War,
at Press Conference”
U.S. Congress – Speeches,
“Statement by General Brehon
Somervell, Commanding General,
Services of Supply, War Department,
to Military and Civilian Personnel, and
Their Associates in Industry and
Commerce”
U.S. Congress – Speeches, “V-E Day
Address” by W. L. Nelson before
Columbia, Missouri, Kiwanis Club
U.S. Congress –Speeches, various
addresses by others
U.S. Congress –Reports,
“Investigation of the National Defense
Program,” Special Committee on Real
Estate and Construction, Committee
on Military Affairs
U.S. Congress –Reports, “Union
Practices and Fees,” H. Ralph Burton,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Committee on Military Affairs
U.S. Congress –Reports, “Continuing
Commodity Credit Corp. as an Agency
of the U.S,” House of
Representatives, Conference Report
U.S. Congress –Reports, “Army
History and Production Data”
U.S. Congress –Reports, “Size of
Armed Forces”
U.S. Congress – Reports, “The Army
Food Program”
U.S. Congress—Reports, “United
Nations War Crimes Commission
Progress Report”
1942
1933
1943
1943
1945-1950
1943-1945
1940-1945
1942
1943
1943
1943
1943
1944
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U.S. Congress—Reports, “United
Nations War Crimes Commission
Second Progress Report”
U.S. Congress –Reports, “Military
Obligations That Will Be Assumed by
the United States as a Participant in
the United Nations Organization”
U.S. Congress—Reports, “The
Strategic Air Offensive,” by
Headquarters, U. S. Strategic Air
Forces in Europe
U.S. Congress – Military Affairs,
newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress –Committee on Military
Affairs, newspaper clipping
U.S. Congress –Committee on Military
Affairs, Communist Committee, U.S.
House of Representatives
U.S. Congress – Committee on Military
Affairs, promotion of General Mark
Clark
U.S. Congress – Inspection trips to
military posts and installations, press
release
U.S. Congress –Inspection trips to
military posts and installations;
schedule, trip log, roster, and narrative
U.S. Congress – Inspection trips to
military posts and installations, Fort
Sill, Oklahoma
U.S. Congress – Inspection trips to
military posts and installations, maps
of Fort Sill, Oklahoma
U.S. Congress –Inspection trips to
military posts and installations,
newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress – Inspection trips to
military posts and installations,
newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress—Inspection trips to
military posts and installations,
newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress – Inspection trips to
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military posts and installations,
newspaper clippings (English and
Spanish language)
U.S. Congress –Inspection trips to
military posts and installations,
“Inspection Trip of U.S. Military Bases
with Undersecretary of War”
U.S. Congress –Inspection trips to
military posts and installations, “San
Antonio Aviation Cadet Center:
History, Functions, Pictures,” (with
photographs 1 - 13)
U.S. Congress—Inspection trips to
military posts and installations,
newspaper clippings
U.S. Congress –Inspection trip to
Europe, “Congressional Committee in
the European Theater of Operations”
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Ewing Thomason in the
European Theater of Operations,”
itinerary map of tour of German
Concentration Camps
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Itinerary for Congressional
Group,” Headquarters, European
Theater of Operations, U.S. Army
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Itinerary, Hon. Ewing
Thomason, OISE Intermediate Section
(Reims, France)”
U.S. Congress – Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Tour of U.S. Senators and
Representatives with the U. S.
Strategic Air Forces in Europe and the
U. S. 9th Air Force, April 30 to May 1,
1945,” map
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, Europe Road Map Series,
“France,” Army Map Service, Corps of
Engineers, U.S. Army
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Review of U.S. Army
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Operations in Europe from 1942,”
booklet prepared by Control Division
and Historical Section, Headquarters
Communications Zone, European
Theater of Operations
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, War Crimes Commission,
various material
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Report of Reconnaissance in
Germany, 14th to 20th April 1945”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Annex No. 1 to
Reconnaissance in Germany, 14th to
20th April 1945: Report of Visit to
Alsfeld Center for Allied Prisoners of
War and Displaced Persons”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Annex No. 3 to
Reconnaissance Report of the 21st of
April 1945: Report of Visit to Stalag
IX-C, a Prisoner of War Camp at Bad
Sulza”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Annex No. 4 to
Reconnaissance Report of the 21st of
April 1945: Report of Visit to Transient
Camp at the Village of Oberfeld for
Displaced Persons and Prisoners of
War”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Annex No. 5 to
Reconnaissance Report of 21st of April
1945: Report on Interviews Held With
Liberated American and British
Prisoners of War at Hotel Europa,
Altenburg, Germany (25 miles South
of Leipzig)”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Annex No. 6 to
Reconnaissance Report of 21 April
1945: Report of Visit to Stalag XII-A, a
Russian Prisoner of War Camp, at
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Diez Near Limburg”
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Inspection of German
Concentration Camp for Political
Prisoners Located at Buchenwald on
the North Edge of Weimar” (4 pages,
no photographs)
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Inspection of German
Concentration Camp for Political
Prisoners Located at Buchenwald on
the North Edge of Weimar” (10 pages,
includes photographs)
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Visit of Delegation to
Buchenwald Concentration Camp in
Germany,” United Nations War Crimes
Commission
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Places Visited or Seen From
the Air”
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, newspaper clipping on
atrocities by Germans
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, newspaper clippings on
German Atrocities
U.S. Congress—Inspection Trip to
Europe, “German Atrocities,” Official
Report of the Congressional
Investigating Committee, by Hon. R.E.
Thomason
(2 copies)
U.S. Congress –Inspection Trip to
Europe, “Exhibit of German Atrocity
Pictures,” pamphlet, Library of
Congress exhibit
U.S. Congress –Armed Services and
Naval Appropriations Committees
Cruise, U.S.S. Randolph
U.S. Congress – Armed Services and
Naval Appropriations Committees
Cruise, U.S.S. Randolph plans and
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U.S. Congress –Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy, Statement by A. A.
Gromyko to U. N. Atomic Commission
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
clippings and correspondence
U.S. Congress—Other Material,
clippings
U.S. Congress—Other Material,
Account with Sergeant at Arms, House
of Representatives
U.S. Congress—Other Material,
telephone and address chart for
members of U.S. House of
Representatives and Senate
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
“Diagram of the U.S. Senate (seating
chart), 76th Congress”
U.S. Congress –Other Material, “Your
National Capital,” 75th Congress,
edited by John Jay Curtis
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
“Pictorial Directory of the Victory
Congress, 79th Congress, 1st Session”
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
“Pictorial Directory of the 80th
Congress”
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
“America’s Fighting Congress:
Historical Document Showing the
Military Records of the U.S. Senators
and Members of the 78th Congress
and of the Members of Their Families”
U.S. Congress –Other Material, “The
Constitution of the United States of
America,” and “Virginia Bill of Rights,”
pamphlets
U.S Congress –Other Material, maps
and guide books to Washington, D.C.,
and vicinity
U.S. Congress –Other Material, “The
Story of Ft. Bliss,” by Maj. Donald
Bridgman Sanger, Signal Corps, U.S.
1947
1943-1946
1936-1946
1932-1947
c. 1932-1947
1939-1940
1937
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U.S. Congress –Other Material, “Army
Talks for the Eighth Air Force: Stars
Over the Reich,” European Theater of
Operations, U.S. Army (pamphlet)
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
“Dinner in Honor of General George C.
Marshall, Secretary of State,” program
with signatures of various government
and military officials
U.S. Congress –Other Material, “To all
Timberwolves” by Gen. Terry Allen
U.S. Congress – Other Material,
various magazine and newspaper
clippings regarding World War II,
Memorial Day, and Fourth of July
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
various newspaper articles and
clippings regarding World War II
U.S. Congress – Other Material, New
York Times, various pages regarding
World War II and current events
U.S. Congress – Other Material, Stars
and Stripes, Paris Edition, in the
European Theater of Operations,
various pages
U.S. Congress – Other Material, The
Daily Sketch, London, articles on
World War II and current events
U.S. Congress – Other Material, The
Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,
London, articles on World War II and
current events
U.S. Congress – Other Material, St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, articles on World
War II and current events
U.S. Congress –Other Material,
El Paso Herald-Post, “Victory! Japan
Quits!” (front page only)
Federal Judge—Texas Senate
Resolution No. 9, by Owen Ratliff
Federal Judge –Correspondence
Federal Judge –Newspaper clippings
1945
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1943-1945
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1941
May 1, 1945
May 7, 1945
May 7, 1945
May 22, 1945
August 14, 1945
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1947-1967
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Federal Judge—Newspaper clippings
Federal Judge –Naturalization
Program, Veterans’ Day, U.S. District
Court, Liberty Hall, El Paso, Texas
Federal Judge –“Noted Cases I Have
Tried” (bound copy)
Federal Judge –“Noted Cases I Have
Tried,” unbound loose pages with note
by Joseph M. Ray, President of Univ.
of Texas at El Paso
Federal Judge—“Noted Cases I Have
Tried,” loose clippings
Federal Judge –“Trial Lawyers Forum,”
with article on Judge R.E. Thomason
1966-1967
November 11,
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1965
Jan.-Feb. 1968
Series III. Photographs
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Descriptions of photographs
Portrait of R.E. Thomason
Portraits of R.E. Thomason (1 - 4)
Portraits of R.E. Thomason (1 - 11)
Portraits of R.E. Thomason (1 - 3)
Portraits of R.E. Thomason, proofs,
(1 – 3)
Portraits of R.E. Thomason (1 - 6)
Portraits of Robert Ewing Thomason,
U.S. District Judge (from color
painting)
El Paso and Vicinity--Civilian
Conservation Corps--aerial view of
San Solomon Springs at Balmorhea,
Texas
El Paso and Vicinity--Construction of
Catholic Church at Sanderson, Texas
El Paso and Vicinity – 1900 Montana
and 800-900 Cotton Streets
Individuals--Gen. Terry Allen
Individuals—Gen. H. H. Arnold
Individuals--William Bankhead of
Alabama, Speaker of U.S. House of
Representatives
Individuals-- ? Biddle
Individuals--S. Otis Bland of Virginia
1936-1970
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Individuals--Gen. Omar Bradley
Individuals—Joseph W. Byrns of
Tennessee, Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Individuals—Rear Admiral George W.
Calver, Attending Physician to U.S.
Congress
Individuals—J. M. Combs of Texas
Individuals—Gen. Malin Craig
Individuals—Martin Dies of Texas
Individuals—Richard M. Duncan of
Missouri
Individuals--Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in
Europe, WWII
Individuals—Joe L. Evins of
Tennessee
Individuals--Vice-President John
Nance Garner
Individuals-- Gen. Sam Houston,
United States Senator from Texas,
copy of old portrait
Individuals--Captain John R. Hughes,
“The Old Texas Ranger” (1 - 2)
Individuals--Luther Johnson of Texas
Individuals—Luther Johnson of Texas
Individuals--Lyndon Baines Johnson in
Naval uniform at MacArthur
Headquarters
Individuals--Marvin Jones of Texas,
Judge, U.S. Court of Claims
Individuals—Estes Kefauvor of
Tennessee
Individuals—Paul Kilday of Texas
Individuals—Richard Kleberg of Texas
Individuals--Dick Lea at Texas A&M
University
Individuals--Tom Lea, Sr., former
mayor of El Paso
Individuals--Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Individuals--Joseph Jefferson
Mansfield of Texas
Individuals—Gen. George C. Marshall
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Individuals--Gen. George C. Marshall
Individuals—Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of
Massachusetts, Speaker of the House
of Representatives
Individuals--Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of
Massachusetts, Speaker of House of
Representatives
Individuals—Andrew Jackson May,
Chairman of the Committee on Military
Affairs
Individuals—Charles F. McLaughlin of
Nebraska
Individuals—Sam D. McReynolds, of
Tennessee, Chairman of Committee
on Foreign Affairs
Individuals--Sam Myers
Individuals--Wright Patman of Texas
Individuals—Judge Robert Patterson,
Under Secretary of War and later Sec.
of War
Individuals--Gen. John J. Pershing
Individuals—Tom Pickett of Texas
Individuals—W. R. Poage of Texas
Individuals--Henry T. Rainey of Illinois,
Speaker of U.S. House of
Representatives
Individuals--Sam Rayburn of Texas,
Speaker of U.S. House of
Representatives
Individuals--Sam Rayburn of Texas,
Speaker of House of Representatives
Individuals—Gen. Frank S. Ross
Individuals—Sam M. Russell of Texas
Individuals--J.T. Rutherford of Texas
(1 - 10)
Individuals--R. E. Sherman, former
mayor of El Paso, Texas
Individuals—Charles L. South of
Texas
Individuals—Gen. Summerville
Individuals—Hatton W. Sumners of
Texas
Individuals—Gen. A. D. Surles
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Individuals—Homer Thornberry,
Judge, U.S. Court of Civil Appeals
Individuals—President Harry Truman
Individuals--Fred Vinson of Kentucky,
Justice of Supreme Court
Individuals--Lindsay C. Warren of
North Carolina
Individuals—Harris Walthall, of El
Paso, Texas, attorney
Individuals—J. Mark Wilcox of Florida
Individuals—Frank Wilson
Individuals—Gene Worley of Texas
Individuals—Unknown, John E. ?
Individuals—Unknown, copy of old
photograph on man on horse
Individuals—Unknown, military officer
Groups—R. E. Thomason and friends,
Amsler and Rhea, at University of
Texas
Groups--Fritz Garland Lanham, Henry
Lee Borden, Louis Lockwood
Featherstone at University of Texas
Groups—“Thirty-fifth Texas Legislature
House of Representatives, with R. E.
Thomason as member
Groups--“Thirty-sixth Texas
Legislature House of
Representatives,” with R. E.
Thomason as Speaker of House,
framed photograph
Groups--R.E. Thomason, A.B. Poe,
Barry Hagedon, Stewart Berkshire,
Ray E. Sherman, and Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York City (1 - 2)
Groups—R. E. Thomason, Mayor of El
Paso, speaking at dedication of El
Paso Airport
Groups—John Nance Garner and
other Texas officials
Groups--R.E. Thomason and Boy
Scout troop on U.S. Capitol steps
Groups—Committee Meeting, United
States House of Representatives, with
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Speaker William Bankhead, Sam
Rayburn, R. E. Thomason, and others
Groups—Committee on Military
Affairs, U. S. House of
Representatives, 75th Congress
Groups—Committee on Military
Affairs, U.S. House of
Representatives, 77th Congress;
framed
Groups--R.E Thomason with Sam
Rayburn and William Bankhead in
Congress
Groups--R.E. Thomason with Sam
Rayburn and J.R. Mitchell
Groups—R. E. Thomason and Texas
Delegation to the U.S. House of
Representatives
Groups--R.E. Thomason and group of
officials including Maury Maverick,
Speaker Byrnes, and Barney Baruch
Groups--R.E. Thomason with Catholic
University football squad at Sun Bowl,
El Paso, Texas
Groups--Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
and Sec. Of War Stimson, drawing
name of first soldier to be drafted into
WWI, with R.E. Thomason (one
photograph only)
Groups--Sec. Ickes, Petroleum
Coordinator for War, and others at
White House
Groups—R. E. Thomason and Gen.
Crawford
Groups--Eleanor Roosevelt and
Congressional pages at White House
Groups--Tomas Ortega Family
Groups--Lewis and Neal Burleson
(#1- #2)
Groups----Gen. Terry Allen –“First
Meeting with the Russians- 104th U.S.
(Timberwolf) Division and the 118th
Russian Division”
Groups--Admiral Nimitz, General
c. 1935-1947
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MacArthur, and others at signing of
Japanese Surrender on U.S.S.
Missouri
Groups--Rep. Thomason being
honored by Ft. Bliss and El Paso
Chamber of Commerce (1 - 2)
Groups--“Banquet—The Texas State
Society Honoring General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Fleet
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Mayflower
Hotel, January 24, 1946, Washington,
D. C.,” framed panoramic photograph
of ballroom
Groups--Sgt. Alejandro R. Ruiz, Medal
of Honor winner, and family from
Barstow, Texas, with Pres. Truman,
Rep. Thomason, and Rep. Fernandez
(1 - 2)
Groups--Rep. Thomason at Army Day
at Ft. Bliss, Texas (1 - 7)
Groups--Pres. Harry Truman, U.S.
District Judge R.E. Thomason, and
Speaker Sam Rayburn, at El Paso,
Texas
Groups--R.E. Thomason addressing
the Standard Oil Co. at El Paso, Texas
Groups--Military Affairs Committee,
United States House of
Representatives, members of
committee
Groups--Military Affairs Committee,
U.S. House of Representatives,
members of committee (1 - 5)
Groups--Military Affairs Committee,
U.S. Congress, members of committee
Groups--Members of Senate and
House Military Affairs and
Appropriations Committees with actor
James Stewart visiting film studio in
California
Groups—Military Affairs Committee,
Congressman and Clare Booth Luce
(1 - 2)
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Inspection Tours--Sec. Of War George
Dern, R. E. Thomason, and other
officials at San Antonio, Texas (1 - 2)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
with Gen. Ira Eaker
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
inspecting U.S. Army Air Corps
installation; WWII (1 - 8)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
and other officials (1 - 8)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
and other officials (1 - 22)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
and other officials
Inspection Tours--Various
Congressional groups (1 - 4)
Inspection Tours--Combat training
scenes from Aviation Cadet Center,
San Antonio, Texas (1 - 4)
Inspection Tours--Congressmen and
other officials visiting Latin America or
Philippines (includes Sen. Harry
Truman)
Inspection Tours—Congressmen and
other officials visiting military posts in
U.S. and Panama Canal Zone
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason,
Sen. Harry Truman, and other officials
(1 - 2)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
with Under Secretary of War Patterson
and other government officials (1 – 12)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
with Under Secretary of War Patterson
and other government officials (1 – 9)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason,
Under Sec. Of War Patterson and
other government officials (1 - 17)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason,
Under Sec. Of War Patterson and
other government officials at Tarrant
Field, Ft. Worth, Texas, (1 - 9)
Inspection Tours—R. E. and Mrs.
1933-1936
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Thomason with group of
Congressional and military officials at
Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas
(1 - 5)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
and other officials (1 - 8)
Inspection Tours—Under Sec. Of War
Patterson, R. E. Thomason, and other
officials at Williams Field, Chandler,
Arizona
(1 - 3)
Inspection Tours--R.E. Thomason with
group of officials at Alamo, San
Antonio, Texas
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason,
Under Sec. Of War Patterson and
other officials at San Antonio Aviation
Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas
(1 - 27)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason,
Under Sec. of War Patterson and Gen.
Terry Allen (1 - 9)
Inspection Tours—R. E. Thomason
and Under Sec. Of War Patterson
nd
inspecting 92 Infantry Division, Ft.
Huachuca, Arizona (1 - 21)
Inspection Tours--“Visit of Under Sec.
of War Robert P. Patterson to the 92nd
Infantry Division,” with R. E.
Thomason, Ft. Huachuca, Arizona (1 11)
Inspection Trip to Germany –
Washington, D.C. to Paris, France
(1 - 4)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Antwerp,
Belgium (1 - 3)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Briefing
by Gen. Eisenhower, (1 - 2)
Inspection Trip to Germany –
Headquarters, 12th Army Group,
Wiesbaden, Germany, with Gen. Omar
Bradley (1 - 5)
Inspection Trip to Germany –
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Postcards of hotel at Wiesbaden,
Germany
Inspection Trip to Germany –Members
of the press examining art treasures
and Nazi publications at Munich Beer
Hall, Germany (one photograph only)
Inspection Trip to Germany –
Buchenwald Concentration Camp;
Weimar, Germany (1 - 22)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Dachau
Concentration Camp (1 - 4)
Inspection Trip to Germany – Dora
Concentration Camp, Nordhausen,
Germany (1 - 4)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Erlangen,
Germany (1 - 4)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Atrocities
at Gardelegen, Germany (1 - 2)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Gotha
Concentration Camp, with Gen.
Eisenhower, Gen. Bradley, and Gen.
Patton (1 - 3)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Ohrdurf
Concentration Camp, Germany (1 - 2)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Various
Concentration Camps and Prisoner of
War Camps (1 - 3)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Bombing
destruction of German factories and
industrial plants (1 - 16)
Inspection Trip to Germany –Bombing
destruction of German factories and
industrial plants (1 - 14)
Inspection Trip to Germany –
Underground factory for V-2 bomb,
Nordhausen, Germany (1 - 7)
Other Military--Military Amphibious
Landing Vehicle (Jeep) (1 - 2)
Other Military--U.S. Aircraft Carrier
Other Military--Atomic Bomb Blast at
Bikini Atoll (1 - 2)
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1945
1943
1940-1947
1946
Series IV. Scrapbooks
10
7
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Visit of Committee on Military Affairs to
Ft. Knox, Kentucky (with 4 loose
photographs)
“Gubernatorial Race”
“R. E. Thomason—Congressman
“Years 1938-1941”
“1941—R. E. Thomason, M. C., 16th
Congressional District of Texas”
“1941-1942”
“Congressman 1944-1947”
“1947—Re: Appointment to
Judgeship”
“1947—Appointment to Judgeship”
“Judge, Western District of Texas,
1948-1957”
“Jencks and Matusow Communists
Trials 1954-1955”
“1961-1965”
1939
1918-1919
1931-1938
1938-1941
1941
1941-1942
1944-1947
1947
1947
1948-1957
1954-1955
1961-1965
Series V. Roy Lassetter Court Reporting Papers
10
8
10
9
10
10
10
11
12
22
12
23
Incoming correspondence to Roy
Lassetter, Shorthand Reporter, U.S.
District Court, El Paso, Texas and
other Federal Courts in Texas
Outgoing correspondence and billing
statements from Roy Lassetter
Transcriptions of Court Cases, El Paso
Cattle Co. vs. D. Taylor
Transcriptions of Court Cases, various
cases and other material
Transcriptions of Court Cases, various
cases and other materials
Other Material—“The Court Reporter:
Interesting Facts About the Silent Man
of the Courts”
1922-1925
1922-1925
1923
1923-1924
1918-1928
1920-1930
Thomason and Friends at UT Law School, 1900
Thomason at El Paso law office, 1920
Thomason as House Speaker, Texas Legislature, 1920
Campaign for Texas Governor, 1920
Campaign for El Paso mayor, 1927
Thomason as El Paso Mayor, 1931
Thomason and Charles Lindbergh, 1927
Thomason and Charles Lindbergh, 1927
Dedication of El Paso Airport, 1928
Thomason and family, 1952
Campaign for Congress, 1930
Roosevelt All-Party Rally, c. 1937
Texas Delegation to Congress, 1938
Campaign Advertisement, 1946
“Wins Respect in Capital”, 1947
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1939
Inspection Trip, c. 1940s
Inspection Trip, c. 1940s
Thomason at Ft. Bliss, c. 1940s
National Defense Speech, 1941
National Defense Speech, 1941
National Defense Speech, 1941
National Defense Speech, 1941
National Defense Speech, 1941
National Defense Speech, 1941
U.S. Army Letter of Appreciation, 1953
Selective Service Bill, 1940
Briefing by Eisenhower, 1945
Joint Congressional Group, Germany, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
German Atrocities Speech, 1945
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Big Bend National Park Speech, 1940
Thomason Chosen for Federal Court, 1947
Oath as Federal Judge, 1947
Thomason, Sam Rayburn, and Pres. Truman, 1948
Thomason Ends Segregation in Texas, 1955
“Cleancut Texas Justice”, 1955
Jencks Case
Jencks Case
Lovebirds Case
Airplane Hijacking Case
Torch Slayer Case
Torch Slayer Case
Babb Cattle Rustling Case
Billie Sol Estes Case, 1964
Mr. and Mrs. Thomason and Mayor Raymond Telles of El Paso, 1959
Judge Thomason, 1960
“A Gentleman Retires”, 1963
“Thomason Reached Greatness”, 1973